Real means Year 1781.
Modern age
Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Carlos III.
Mint: Mexico.
Date: Year 1781.
Obverse:
Laureate bust of Charles III right. Legend: CAROLUS III DEI GRATIA 1781.
Reverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile and León and Granada and in the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon dynasty. On the sides, columns of Hercules with scrolled ribbons with the motto PLUS VLTRA. Legend: [hi]SPAN ET IND R. Mint mark: M surmounted by O. Assayers: F F.
Weight: 1.52 g - Diameter: 17 mm - Axes: 12 h.
Described in: Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Spanish coins from Ferdinand and Isabella to Juan Carlos I. Years: 1474 to 1994. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p. 487, type 159, no. 1606.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 76 and 122 no. 278.
Monetary Inventory Number: 4263.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant
Cultural affiliation. | Modern age |
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Metal. | Silver |
Issuing entities. | Spain. Carlos III |
ECSC. | Mexico |
Site | Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant |
Types | Currency |
Source | Chance finding |